Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 73 m / 240 ft Address 8658 Mosjøen, Norway Elevation 72 m Owner/operator Avinor Passenger count 61,480 | Serves Mosjøen 16/34 1,019 Code MJF Phone +47 67 03 33 30 Yearly aircraft movements 6,058 | |
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Location Kjærstad, Vefsn, Norway Website avinor.no/en/airport/mosjoen-airport/ Similar Hertz Mosjøen Lufthavn, Nordland AS avd Mosjøen, Europcar Mosjøen, Avis Bilutleie Mosjøen, Mosjøen | ||
Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad (Norwegian: Mosjøen lufthavn, Kjærstad, IATA: MJF, ICAO: ENMS) is a regional airport serving Mosjøen in Nordland, Norway. In 2014 Mosjøen Airport had 61,480 passengers. It is owned and operated by the state owned Avinor.
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Service
The airport is served by Widerøe with Dash 8 aircraft connecting the community to Bodø and Trondheim. The routes are operated on public service obligation with the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The runway is too short for flights with enough fuel to reach Oslo.
History
The airport was opened in 1987 as part of the last group of regional airports to be built in Norway.
In 2002 the Ministry of Transport launched an idea of merging the three airports serving Northern Helgeland, Mosjøen Airport, Sandnessjøen Airport and Mo i Rana Airport into one new airport with a large enough runway to fly Airbus A320/Boeing 737 aircraft directly to Oslo, and make it unnecessary to operate subsidied regional aircraft to Helgeland. The Korgfjell Tunnel opened in 2005 created a reliable and fast road between Mosjøen and Mo i Rana. A better road to Sandnessjøen (Toven Tunnel) was opened 2014.
A location was selected at Drevjadalen in Vefsn, 15 km north of Mosjøen (55 km from Sandnessjøen, 70 from Mo i Rana). Meteorological tests performed by Avinor showed however that the area had too much fog to serve as an airport. As of 2007 the idea of a new airport at this location is abandoned by both Avinor and the Ministry of Transport. Instead a decision was made in 2013 to build a larger airport near Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll.
Ground transportation
The airport is located 10 minutes out of town. There is no bus service to the airport, but taxis are available.